Five-Minute fiction - 23:38-23:43
Cresa sat staring out the window on the top floor of the Arc-Needle. Far below and stretching on into infinity the lights of the New Haven-York glittered their way to the horizon. The Arc-Needles prominent position, towering over even the next largest structure, afforded the wealthiest man in the solar system an unparalleled view.
Contradictorily the lights in his office were dim, set to a level just bright enough for the two other men seated opposite the desk could make notes. Cresa was amused that financiers and accountants still liked to use pencil and paper to calculate numbers. Computers could do the work so much faster, but he appreciated the quirkiness.
Whats the chance of the action failing? Cresa said shattering the semi-silence of the room.
Walters, one of his chief-accountants replied. Thats still unknown. We can get narrow down the possibilities but
Cresa sat staring out the window on the top floor of the Arc-Needle. Far below and stretching on into infinity the lights of the New Haven-York glittered their way to the horizon. The Arc-Needles prominent position, towering over even the next largest structure, afforded the wealthiest man in the solar system an unparalleled view.
Contradictorily the lights in his office were dim, set to a level just bright enough for the two other men seated opposite the desk could make notes. Cresa was amused that financiers and accountants still liked to use pencil and paper to calculate numbers. Computers could do the work so much faster, but he appreciated the quirkiness.
Whats the chance of the action failing? Cresa said shattering the semi-silence of the room.
Walters, one of his chief-accountants replied. Thats still unknown. We can get narrow down the possibilities but